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James Preller
James Preller (born February 1, 1961) is an American writer of children's books including ''Bystander'', ''Six Innings'', and the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, he worked as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation. "Meeting" many notable children's writers through their books, he was inspired to try writing himself. His first book, ''MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue'', was published in 1986. Since then Preller has written a variety of books, some under pen names including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, Kirk Franklin, Millie Vanilli, Deputy Dad, Captain Croonch, Meester Mundle, Garlic, and Izzy Bonkers. He lives in Delmar, New York, with his wife Lisa and their three children, Nicholas, Gavin, and Maggie. Preller up stories when he was young and sold them to friends, family, and neighbors. At that time, however, he planned to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Books
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Big Top Pee-wee
''Big Top Pee-wee'' is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser. A stand-alone sequel to '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985), the film stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman with Susan Tyrrell, Kris Kristofferson, Penelope Ann Miller, and Valeria Golino in supporting roles. The original music score is composed by Danny Elfman (although he also scored ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', he could not use any themes from that film due to contractual restrictions). It was released on July 22, 1988, and grossed $15 million against a $20 million dollar budget. A stand-alone sequel, '' Pee-wee's Big Holiday'' was released in 2016. Plot Pee-wee Herman dreams of being a famous singer. He awakens and goes to work on his farm with Vance the pig. Later, he has lunch with his fiancée, school teacher Winnie Johnson. Next, he races Vance to a general store owned by Mr. Ryan to order a sandwich. There, the local Sheriff warns everyone of a large storm approaching town. After the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Wantagh, New York
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American Mystery Writers
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American Children's Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprint (trade Name)
An imprint of a publisher is a trade name under which it publishes a work. A single publishing company may have multiple imprints, often using the different names as brands to marketing, market works to various demographic market segment, consumer segments. Description An imprint of a publisher is a trade name—a name that a business uses for trading commercial products or services—under which a work is published. Imprints typically have a defining character or goal, mission. In some cases, the diversity results from the corporate takeover, takeover of smaller publishers (or parts of their business) by a larger company. In the case of Barnes & Noble, imprints have been used to facilitate the venture of a bookseller into publishing. In the video game industry, some game companies operate various publishing labels with Take-Two Interactive credited as "the father of label" in their case the labels are wholly owned incorporated entities with their own publishing and distributing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godzilla (1998 Film)
''Godzilla'' is a 1998 American Monster movie, monster film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich, serving as a reimagining of the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise, owned and created by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd. It is the 23rd film in the franchise and the first ''Godzilla'' film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner (actor), Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer. The film was dedicated to Tomoyuki Tanaka, the co-creator and producer of various ''Godzilla'' films, who died in April 1997. In the film, authorities investigate and battle a giant monster who migrates to New York City to nest its young. In October 1992, TriStar Pictures announced plans to produce a trilogy of ''Godzilla'' films. In May 1993, Ted Elliott (screenwriter), Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were hired to write the script. In July 1994, Jan de Bont was announced as the director. De Bont left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Jam
''Space Jam'' is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Joe Pytka, with animation sequences directed by Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone, and written by Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, and Herschel Weingrod. The film stars basketball player Michael Jordan as a fictional version of himself; Wayne Knight and Theresa Randle appear in supporting roles, while Billy West, Dee Bradley Baker, Kath Soucie and Danny DeVito headline the voice cast. The film is a Alternate history, fictionalized account of the timeline between Jordan's Michael Jordan#First retirement and stint in Minor League Baseball (1993–1995), initial retirement from the National Basketball Association, NBA in 1993 and his Michael Jordan#"I'm back": Return to the NBA (1995), 1995 return, during which he is enlisted by the ''Looney Tunes'' characters to aid them in a basketball match against visiting aliens who intend to enslave them as attractions for their amusemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feiwel & Friends
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm would soon establish itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian era children’s literature, Lewis Carroll's '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others. History Macmillan was founded in London in 1843 by Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigsaw Jones Mysteries
The Jigsaw Jones Mysteries is an American series of young children's detective fiction written by New York author James Preller. The series is published by Scholastic Corporation. The first book was published in 1998; 32 regular mysteries appeared between 1998 and 2007 plus 6 Super Special mysteries between 2001 and 2008. A 33rd book in the regular series is to be published in August 2017. Books in this series * #1 The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster * #2 The Case of the Christmas Snowman * #3 The Case of the Secret Valentine * #4 The Case of the Spooky Sleepover * #5 The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards * #6 The Case of the Mummy Mystery * #7 The Case of the Runaway Dog * #8 The Case of the Great Sled Race * #9 The Case of the Stinky Science Project * #10 The Case of the Ghostwriter * #11 The Case of the Marshmallow Monster * #12 The Case of the Class Clown * #13 The Case of the Detective in Disguise * #14 The Case of the Bicycle Bandit * #15 The Case of the Haunted Scarecrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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